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  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH- 
  BUG. 
  

  

  appropriated 
  by 
  the 
  Legislature 
  for 
  the 
  carrying-on 
  of 
  the 
  experiments. 
  I 
  

   also 
  append 
  directions 
  to 
  farmers 
  for 
  obtaining 
  and 
  applying 
  the 
  infection. 
  

   The 
  act 
  establishing 
  the 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  House 
  bill 
  No. 
  639. 
  

  

  An 
  Act 
  to 
  establish 
  an 
  Experimental 
  Station 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  University 
  of 
  Kansas, 
  to 
  promote 
  and 
  con- 
  

   duct 
  experiments 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  chinch-bugs 
  by 
  contagion 
  or 
  infection, 
  and 
  making 
  an 
  ap- 
  

   propriation 
  therefor. 
  

  

  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  by 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Kansas 
  : 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  That 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  thirty-five 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  be 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  hereby 
  

   nppropriated 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  establishing, 
  maintaining 
  and 
  conducting 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   perimental 
  station 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  University, 
  at 
  Lawrence, 
  to 
  propagate 
  the 
  contagion 
  

   or 
  infection 
  that 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  destructive 
  to 
  chinch-bugs, 
  and 
  furnish 
  the 
  same 
  

   to 
  the 
  farmers 
  free 
  of 
  charge, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  and 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  Chancellor. 
  

   P. 
  H. 
  Snow, 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  practicable 
  after 
  the 
  taking" 
  effect 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  the 
  said 
  Chancel- 
  

   lor 
  shall 
  procure 
  the 
  necessary 
  furniture 
  and 
  material, 
  with 
  such 
  assistance 
  as 
  he 
  

   may 
  require, 
  and 
  proceed 
  to 
  propagate 
  as 
  much 
  contagion, 
  on 
  as 
  large 
  a 
  scale, 
  as 
  

   may 
  be 
  necessary, 
  and 
  supply 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  with 
  the 
  same, 
  when 
  required. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  Of 
  the 
  sum 
  hereby 
  appropriated, 
  two 
  thousand 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  shall 
  

   be 
  available 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  years 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1891, 
  and 
  June 
  30, 
  1892, 
  to 
  be 
  ap- 
  

   plied 
  to 
  defraying 
  the 
  necessary 
  expenses 
  for 
  assistants, 
  furniture, 
  expressage, 
  tele- 
  

   graphing, 
  postage, 
  etc. 
  And 
  said 
  Chancellor 
  is 
  hereby 
  authorized 
  to 
  issue 
  his 
  

   warrant 
  upon 
  the 
  State 
  Treasurer, 
  upon 
  itemized 
  accounts, 
  for 
  the 
  amounts 
  specified 
  

   by 
  this 
  act: 
  Provided, 
  That 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  shall 
  be 
  drawn 
  in 
  any 
  

   one 
  month, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  April, 
  1891, 
  when 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  eight 
  hundred 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  may 
  be 
  drawn, 
  if 
  deemed 
  necessary; 
  and 
  all 
  accounts 
  shall 
  be 
  verified. 
  And 
  if 
  

   the 
  experiments 
  fail 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  desired 
  results, 
  no 
  more 
  funds 
  shall 
  be 
  drawn 
  

   from 
  the 
  treasury, 
  and 
  the 
  station 
  shall 
  be 
  abandoned. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  If 
  the 
  experiments 
  shall 
  prove 
  successful, 
  or 
  desirable 
  to 
  be 
  continued, 
  

   the 
  sum 
  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  available 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  end- 
  

   ing 
  June 
  30, 
  1893, 
  to 
  be 
  drawn 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  conditions 
  as 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  section 
  

   3 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  Sec 
  5. 
  The 
  Chancellor 
  shall 
  also 
  report 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  experiments 
  to 
  the 
  offi- 
  

   cial 
  State 
  paper, 
  provided 
  the 
  said 
  paper 
  shall 
  publish 
  the 
  same 
  free 
  of 
  charge, 
  be- 
  

   ginning 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  April 
  next 
  and 
  every 
  month 
  thereafter, 
  until 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  

   December 
  following. 
  He 
  shall 
  also 
  make 
  a 
  full 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  expended 
  and 
  

   the 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  experiments 
  to 
  the 
  Governor, 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  Sec 
  6. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  effect 
  and 
  be 
  in 
  force 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  its 
  publication 
  in 
  

   the 
  official 
  State 
  paper. 
  

  

  Approved 
  March 
  4, 
  1891. 
  

  

  